DNA Replication

Which enzyme has the job of unzipping the double helix?

• Helicase
• Polymerase
• Ligase
• Primerase

Which enzyme fixes the Okazaki fragments in the lagging strand?

• Helicase
• Polymerase
• Ligase
• Primerase

If a strand reads:
3' A A A T T T C 5'
The matching strand would read...

• 5' T T T A A A G 3'
• 3' T T T A A A G 5'
• 5' A A A T T T C 3'
• 3' U U U A A A G 5'

What are the gaps between the newly synthesized DNA on the lagging strand called?

• Okazaki fragments
• Polymer gaps
• Helicase fragments
• Acidic gaps

This picture is illustrating the ____ nature of DNA.

• anti-parallel
• deoxyribosic
• helical
• radioactive

The enzyme that splits open the DNA creates what's called a fork - where the DNA separates into the lagging strand and the ______ strand.

• leading
• leveraging
• Okazaki
• ligase

Polymerase is able to replicate the new DNA ______ along the leading strand.

• continuously
• only in short fragments
• very slowly
• prokaryotically

A DNA nucleotide contains all of the following, except...

• Deoxyribose
• Phosphate group
• Nitrogenous base
• Cholesterol

What is the shape of DNA?

• Double helix
• Triple helix
• Flat, bilayer
• Three-pronged rigid ladder

DNA replication turns one strand of DNA into two new strands of DNA. What percent of each new strand is the old strand?

• Half of each new DNA is the old DNA
• The old strand of DNA was digested, so none
• The new DNA is entirely made up of the old DNA
• About every sixth base comes from the old DNA